Once again we eavesdrop as the demonic supervisor meets with the evil spirits in charge of ruining your life. The topic for the day? More strategy and tactics as we look forward to the 2012 elections in the United States of America.
"Okay troops, good job with implementing the bitterness tactic. The poor fools seem completely clueless about the spiritual dangers of being spitting mad at their political opponents. The Enemy told them to love their human enemies and the vast majority of them have never thought to apply this to their politics. But there is still more work to be done. Once you've trained them to be bitter, we have to take the next step. We have to teach them to live in fear."
"If they're liberals we have to teach them to fear what will happen to them without the nanny state taking care of them during every phase of their lives. If they are conservatives we have to teach them to be afraid that liberals will destroy the economy and drag the entire world into an economic cataclysm that will make the great depression look like a walk in the park on a sunny day."
"It doesn't matter to us what they fear as long as they are afraid. It doesn't even matter to us if what they fear is in fact perfectly logical! They can fear something that is never going to happen or they can live in fear of something that will actually come to pass. Either way we win."
"Here's the thing. We've managed to have a strong enough impact on their culture so that all the political commentators they listen to are functionally agnostic. Some of these commentators may in fact be followers of the Enemy, but their belief almost never enters into their political commentary. This means they never mention the concept that the Enemy will be there to help them cope with life no matter what happens."
"Let's examine the first idea for a minute. The Enemy's book says that 'The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.' The last thing we want them to do is to start applying that to the way they think and how they react to life. Watch out for thoughts like this: 'You know, millions of Christians went through the great depression and with God helping them every step of the way they were probably just as happy while they were poor as they were before they lost their money in the stock market.' If you catch anyone thinking anything like that don't try and combat the idea directly; that probably won't work. Instead just encourage them to turn the radio back on or check the internet 'just to see what's new.' That way they'll get a new dose of fear without any mention of faith to balance it out and they'll soon be back in the fearful frame of mind we want them to live in."
"Try and convince them that if the bottom falls out and they have to experience severe cut backs in their lifestyles that this will be intolerable, that it will be like the end of the world to them. The fact of the matter is that if they had fewer toys to distract them they might actually start spending more time on things that truly matter like their spiritual lives and their families. If the bottom does fall out financially that will actually present us with a new set of challenges. But for now, the fear that SOME HORRIBLE, INTOLERABLE THING is about to happen to them is a great tool that we can use to mess with their spiritual lives."
"Remember, our goal is to change 'The Lord is my shepherd' into 'The Lord may or may not be my shepherd but one thing for certain is sure and that is that I am doomed if I loose my job (or my government insurance) and they repossess my house!' They can say they are Christians as much as they want just as long as we can keep them reacting to life like a bunch of sheep without a shepherd. So here's our slogan for phase two: "Fear is a demon's best friend!"
[So, how about you? Is the constant exposure to news and politics creating and deepening anxiety? Not that long ago people had the morning paper and/or a thirty minute news broadcast to keep them up-to-date on current events. Now, between cable TV, talk radio, and the internet we have 24 hour a day access. Are you spending to much time listening to people who are raising your blood pressure? Maybe you need a new 3 X 5 card to attach to the TV or the computer monitor. "Fear is a demon's best friend."]
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